Example sentences of "[conj] by [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so , Nicodemus learned that it was n't by reformation , trying to make himself better , or by being religious , but he need regeneration , that 's what regeneration means . |
| 2 | At the lowest levels this does not matter : syllables can be identified from the text , and syllables group into clitic phrases , consisting of one lexically stressed syllable and any unstressed syllables which are immediately associated with it , either by being in the same word or by being proclitic or enclitic to it . |
| 3 | This situation can be prevented by being prepared to release immediately if things start to go wrong , or by being ready to stop the wing coming up suddenly . |
| 4 | She hoped that she would not disgrace herself by fainting , or by being unable to help him through fear or disgust of what she might be seeing . |
| 5 | He can create overall rhythms and within them short phrase rhythms , but the basis of them all is that they exist in groups and by being efficient in action and appropriate to the context give pleasure to both the performer and the onlooker . ’ |
| 6 | You can minimise disappointment by calling the airline ( toll-free ) to check availability , and by being ready to switch at the last moment to a different , less popular destination . |
| 7 | So parents need to take into account the attentional state of the child before making a demand and by being aware of the need to gain attention they can avoid a clash of wills ( Stayton et al . |
| 8 | Analysys suggests that , in particular , users can put pressure on prices by resisting attempts by service providers to impose confidentiality on prices , and by being prepared to use information from one service provider to get a better deal from another . |
| 9 | It is a good idea to keep sink and basin wastes clear by occasionally pouring some washing soda down the plug hole and by being careful not to put fat , vegetable matter , tea leaves or rice down the sink . |
| 10 | Any response is complicated by the fact that calls on resources are different , by being long- or short-term and by being capital- or revenue-intensive . |
| 11 | It is as if by being able to make moral judgements people recognise , not simply an additional technical possibility , but something to which they wish to give ultimate significance . |
| 12 | But by being ashamed of who they are , they 're making it harder for other people to accept them . ’ |
| 13 | You may feel inadequate at this point , because whatever you do for her will not seem to lift the cloud of her despair , but by being willing simply to be there and available in the background , accepting uncritically her inevitable mood-swings , and allowing her to talk , weep , or remain silent just as she wishes , you will be proving your concern for her ; and loving concern and the right to grieve in their own way is what the bereaved need most of all . |
| 14 | He attacked the smug ‘ self glorification ’ of the official press , the ‘ pervasive bossiness ’ of the system , and said that social understanding was imperative ‘ through criticism and self-criticism — openly , not bleating , but by being hard and patient . ’ |
| 15 | Just because you 're looking for win win relationships all the time that does n't mean that you 're gon na get walked over all the time because by being assertive and by this is this is really what I want , what is it that you want and looking , listening to the other person 's point of view as well as making sure your point of view goes across as well somewhere , somewhere in all of that through all this down here , there 's a way of finding something for both people . |